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The Vegan Marxist

27th April 2011, 01:00

Meet: Ali Abd-al-Aziz al-Isawi

Ali Abd-al-Aziz al-Isawi (Arabic: العيساوي‎) (born c. 1966) is a Libyan politician who is a leading figure of the National Transitional Council of Libya and has been designated as the Minister of Foreign Affairs. He previously served as Secretary of the General People's Committee of Libya (GPCO) for Economy, Trade and Investment, and was the youngest minister to fill such a post.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Abd-al-Aziz_al-Isawi

Interim government (executive body)

On 5 March 2011, a crisis committee was set up to act as the executive arm of the council. A transitional government was announced on 23 March 2011.[33][34]

The executive body consists of:[35]

Mahmoud Jebril – Interim Prime Minister
Omar El-Hariri – Minister of Military Affairs
Ali al-Essawi – Minister of Foreign Affairs
Ali Tarhouni – Minister of Finance[36]
Jumma El-Osta – Minister of Infrastructure
Mahmoud Shamman – Minister of Information
Muhammad El-Alagi – Minister of Justice [37]
Other ministers are yet to be announced.[38]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Transitional_Council#Interim_government_. 28executive_body.29

Why is he an anti-African migrant racist?

In summary, there is substantial evidence of widespread discrimination of Libya against foreigners and migrant workers coming from many different countries. Regarding Libya’s two million black African migrants, the New York Times reported as follows:

“It is a burden,” Ali Abd Alaziz Isawi, who served for two years as the minister of economy, trade and investment, said of the army of illegal immigrants living in Libya. “They are a burden on health care, they spread disease, crime. They are illegal.”

http://www.unwatch.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=bdKKISNqEmG&b=1313923&ct=8411733&printmode=1

Here's a great article on the Monthly Review that goes into Ali Isawi:

http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2011/forte200411.html

agnixie

27th April 2011, 01:56

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27th April 2011, 05:41

You have to give the Transitional Council one thing--they're truly representative of their constituency! The Libyan "rebels" have engaged in lynchings and other horrific attacks on Black Africans since this civil war broke out.

Sword and Shield

27th April 2011, 17:49

So, it's fascism against conservatism?

BTW, have you guys figured out yet that it's not about supporting either side in this situation? Because the only ones I see doing any glorifying of one side here are the ones dragging out every possible ridiculous puff piece for the glorious leader.

"Who cares if one side is going around lynching blacks and the other isn't. Let's just be neutral (i.e. de facto support for the better armed side - NATO and the rebels)."

I suppose you wouldn't have cared about the fascist Nazis overthrowing the bourgeois Weimar Republic. After all, neither side fought for the working class...

agnixie

27th April 2011, 19:09

"Who cares if one side is going around lynching blacks and the other isn't. Let's just be neutral (i.e. de facto support for the better armed side - NATO and the rebels)."

I suppose you wouldn't have cared about the fascist Nazis overthrowing the bourgeois Weimar Republic. After all, neither side fought for the working class...

Great, a troll.

Talking about Weimar and fascists - this is a bourgeois revolution overthrowing fascists.

Sword and Shield

27th April 2011, 19:57

Great, a troll.

Talking about Weimar and fascists - this is a bourgeois revolution overthrowing fascists.

The rebels are going around lynching blacks. Gaddafi's government provides large amounts of social welfare (far more than the United States) and representative government.

Jose Gracchus

27th April 2011, 20:09

Sword and Shield

27th April 2011, 20:15

Is there any evidence that the People's Congresses are functioning institutions? I think Gaddafi's government is somewhat social democratic in its social welfare character, and that the rebels are reactionary, but I've seen pretty little analysis as to its core political character. Contrast with publications and lots of documentation re. Poder Popular in Cuba.

I don't know how good it is at representing the Libyan people. But most bourgeois governments aren't very representative of their people either. In any case, the People's Congresses are certainly independent of Gaddafi, as evidenced by their rejection of Gaddafi's recent attempt to nationalize Libya's oil.

Threetune

27th April 2011, 23:30

Great, a troll.

Talking about Weimar and fascists - this is a bourgeois revolution overthrowing fascists.

This isn’t a fucking computer game.

Sasha

27th April 2011, 23:41

so, your argument against the TNC (who no'one here support i believe) is that one member said racist things when expressing the opinions of the gadaffi regime (who you support) when he was still in that?
:confused:
sometimes i wonder why they dont give some people crayons instead of computers...

Desperado

27th April 2011, 23:44

I suppose you wouldn't have cared about the fascist Nazis overthrowing the bourgeois Weimar Republic. After all, neither side fought for the working class...

Even if that had any relevance (Gaddafi is clearly the greater evil here), plenty of communists fought the Nazis without supporting the Weimar Republic. Neither was the Weimar Republic really "overthrown" by the Nazis either - they opened the door and let them in.

Sasha

27th April 2011, 23:49

also:

"We don’t know what will happen, what will be the reaction of the white and Christian Europeans faced with this influx of starving and ignorant Africans," [...] "We don’t know if Europe will remain an advanced and united continent or if it will be destroyed, as happened with the barbarian invasions."- Col Gaddafi, Rome, August 30, 2010.